Dad’s Army scales heights

Thursday 31 October 2013 14:29 BST

To Sotheby’s for a party hosted by chairman Henry Wyndham and the Duke of Roxburghe to thank friends for raising £750,000 for Barts Charity and for Orbis, the Flying Eye Hospital, following their fundraising walk down Hadrian’s Wall and up the snow-capped Pennines.

“When Captain Scott went to the Antarctic, each man had responsibilities — Oates the supplies, Scott navigation, Ponting photography,” said Wyndham.

“The small difference on our walk was that Guy did the lot: the navigation, timekeeping, transport, catering, accommodation, equipment, photography and was chief medical officer. He was Captain Mainwaring to my Pike. I concluded at the end that with this military efficiency, Guy should be the chairman of Sotheby’s and I should be the Duke of Roxburghe.”